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Tag: 01.08.13
Italy’s Opera Houses In Crisis (We Need To Reinvent The Whole Thing)
“With most lyric theatres in Italy unable to pay bills or wages, the financial crisis afflicting the birth place of the art form appears more serious than ever – and is prompting those involved in opera to call for a rethink on how its theatres are funded and operated.”
Vicky Featherstone’s Plans For The Royal Court Theatre
She led the National Theatre of Scotland from infancy to worldwide renown. Now she’s headed down to London for her “absolute dream job.”
Is It Really Possible To Sell Art Online?
“Can a cultural sector that typically relies on exclusivity, personal contact, and (often) opacity make an effective transition to the web?”
Funding For Playwrights To Write Plays In Theatres (What A Concept)
“The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has launched a $3.7 million initiative that will fund three-year playwright residencies, putting the selected scribes on staff at theaters around the country, complete with salaries and benefits.”
Miró On Loan Damaged At Tate Modern
“An important painting by Miró was damaged in 2011 while on loan to Tate Modern, in an incident that went unreported in the media. The work was on loan from the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona and the cost of repairs and depreciation was £203,000.”
Jasper Johns Remembers Working With Merce Cunningham
“I don’t remember that I watched Walkaround Time rehearsals. I believe that I may have given Merce dimensions of the various ‘boxes’ to help him allow for their presence on the stage.”
Hungary’s Right-Wing Government Cracks Down On Culture
“The current Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, has rebranded Fidesz, once a liberal youth party … as a right-wing Christian nationalist organization. … The new constitution ‘recognizes the role of Christianity in preserving nationhood,’ and art that is deemed blasphemous or ‘anti-national’ is now the target of a full-blown campaign of suppression.”
Second City, Chicago Lyric To Follow Up On Opera Experiment
“Following up on Saturday’s sold-out, well-received performance of The Second City Guide to the Opera, the Lyric [Opera of Chicago] announced Tuesday that the show will be reprised with new material for an extended run in June, after the opera company’s season has ended.”
‘Critical Judgments Built To Last’: Remembering Ada Louise Huxtable
“As a critic, Huxtable combined the forensic skill of a Clarence Darrow with the righteous passion of an Old Testament prophet. Her prose was clarion-clear and uncompromising, yet leavened by wit and verve.”